Traumatic Brain Injury

September 17th, 2018

Traumatic Brain injury can turn a life upside down. Over the past two weeks, we have looked at teenagers driving and sleep issues. They are intimately linked and can cause a negative outcome like a traumatic brain injury. While spending time in Wyoming this summer, I ran into a wonderful human being named Joey Maxim. He was our fly fishing guide and here is his story.

I do not know the details of his car crash. I only know that for all of us, prevention is the key to avoiding a negative event that can change the course of our lives.

I think of the sleep deprivation, cell phone distraction and frontal lobe processing issues of the teenage brain and I worry. Life is fragile and keeping the teenage mind focused on safety is vitally important for long term health.